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Amazon Sales Rank: #231023 in DVD

Released on: 2007-08-13

Number of discs: 1

Formats: Dolby, NTSC

Running time: 57 minutes

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An offbeat, at times amusing look at the growing commerce between the traditional horse-and-buggy Amish of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and the millions of tourists who come to buy their wares and gawk at them year after year. THE AMISH AND US whimsically turns the table on the tourists, interpreting their behavior from the Amish point of view, such that it is the tourists who appear odd and curious, even quaint rather than the Amish. The film also examines the effect of suburban sprawl which has forced many Amish out of farming. With a scarcity of land and a growing population, the Amish increasingly rely on the craft and construction businesses for their livelihood. Ironically, these same Amish businesses help fuel the developments that are nibbling away at their land. Although trade is a boon, the constant contact with outsiders threatens to erode the traditions and values that are the foundations of the Amish way of life: community decision making, simple living and quiet non-conformity with the rest of the world.

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